Liberal Cancellation Policy: You may cancel any time prior to attendance and receive a full tuition refund less a $25 administrative fee. Or, if you like, you may use your entire tuition amount as a credit against a future registration.

Classroom Location

Note: The course will not be presented during the week of April 7,
2018 – April 17, 2018

AEI’s Hil­ton Head Island classroom is located in suite 201 of Harbour
Town Yacht Club. Please note that in October, the class will be held in the
Calibogue Room. The Yacht Club offers fractio­nal vacation ownership…w­ith a
twist, an actual equity interest in the Club itself. First class club amenities
include exclusive golf privile­ges at Haig Point, May River Club Belfair
Plantati­on, and the Wexford Club, plus complimen­tary access to the Sea Pines
Tennis and Fitness Faciliti­es, and exchange opportu­nities with over
2,800 r­esorts in 75 countri­es. To find out more click here. Accredi­ted CME, CLE and CE weekly in
beautiful Hilton Head Island, South Carolina…­.perfec­t.

Discounted Lodging

To Be Determi­ned.

Directions

The Harbour Town Yacht Club is located at 149 Lig­hthouse Rd. in Harbour
Town inside the magnifi­cent Sea Pines Resort. Once you’ve entered Sea
Pines’ gates simply follow Greenwood Drive toward Club Course Drive for
1.6 miles and turn right onto Plantati­on Drive. Follow Plantati­on Drive for
1.1 miles to Lighthou­se Road, turn right and Harbour Town Yacht Club will be
on your right a half a mile down. The Sea Pines Resort is located a quarter mile
from the Sea Pines Circle (traffic circle) on Cross Island Parkway. Just take
the circle to Greenwood Drive and Sea Pines Resort will be a quarter mile down
on your rig­ht.

Schedule

Monday

Practitioner and award winning clinical instructor, Louis Kuritzky, MD, reviews a variety of clinically relevant items that, despite their utility, are not well known. His discussion includes use of carvedilol to treat rosacea, assessing osteoporosis risk in men via the MORES score, exercise as a depression treatment, efficacy and risks of supplements, timing the start of combined oral contraception, the association between diagonal earlobe crease and coronary artery disease, treating Schamberg's disease with pentoxifylline, and the causal link between proton pump inhibitors and hypomagnesemia.

Healthcare offices are particularly vulnerable to embezzlement from both external and internal sources. Attorney Ike Z. Devji, Esq. reviews areas of risk, common scams, the telltale signs of fraud and those committing it, as well as the policies, procedures and other safeguards available to minimize exposure to this type of theft.

Nationally renowned practice management speaker, consultant, and author, Elizabeth Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC, highlights the economic imperative of collecting patient responsible fees and then describes practices and policies which will maximize the likelihood of doing so before the patient leaves the office. Areas discussed include financial clearance as well as pre-visit and time-of-service communications and practices.

Attorney and financial management expert, David B. Mandell, JD, MBA, reviews a number of risks associated with professional practice and explores behaviors which can reduce these vulnerabilities as well as financial and legal tools available to reduce financial exposure by protecting professional and personal assets. Areas covered include protective benefit plans, retirement plans, charging orders and optimum asset ownership structures.

Professor of Pharmacy and Family Medicine, C. Wayne Weart, PharmD, in this first installment of a two-part talk reviews six immunization updates from the CDC, as well as a number of new FDA-approved cholesterol drugs and updated lipid guidelines.

Licensed physician and practicing attorney, Andrew M. Knoll, MD, JD, leverages his multi-discipline experience to explore the medical malpractice litigation process and the legal concepts and objectives underlying it. In part one of this two-part talk, Dr. Knoll discusses professional liability insurance variations and idiosyncrasies, the four elements of a negligence claim, informed consent and entity liability.

Wednesday

Joseph W. Shannon, PhD, draws on over 30 years of clinical psychological counseling experience to provide a nuts and bolts exploration of the seven core characteristics of unreasonable people, pathways to reasoning with these types of patients, and six key strategies for handling difficult conversations with them and their family members.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeon licensed to practice both dentistry and medicine, Jeffrey O. Capes, MD, DMD, explores one of the leading causes of ER admissions: odontogenic infections. This first installation of his two-part talk reviews patient presentation, etiology, stage assessment, indications for referral, lab and radiographic evaluation, the microbiology, and surgical treatment options including when incision and drainage is appropriate.

Physician and oral surgeon, Jeffrey O. Capes, MD, DMD, draws on his multi-disciplinary background to present the second installation of his two-part presentation. After quickly reviewing key points of his first talk he then focuses on antibiotic therapy discussing proper drug selection referencing toxicity and cost considerations, treatment duration, compliance issues, risk factors and patient follow-up as well as the implications of a recently published study of microflora in maxillofacial infections.

Practicing attorney and former internist and emergency room physician, Andrew M. Knoll, MD, JD, returns to lay out the litigation process from medical record request to verdict. Topics covered include service of the complaint, proper interaction with insurance carrier and the attorney they provide, the discovery process, expert and defendant physician testimony, settlement negotiations, courtroom proceedings, and independent legal counsel.